172 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1910. 



" Even the crop sown by an idiot in a good soil comes out 

 flourishingly. The well flourishing of the crop does not require 

 the good qualities of the husbandman." 



(Visakhadattds Mudrarahshasa. I. 3.) 

 And also our poet seems to have borrowed the following from 



III. ^rfe 3iN4)« 9 %*lM ^WT *\m ^^TfllJT I 



Dandin. (Cf. his Kavyadarsa II. 39.) From these we will not 

 be far wrong in* concluding that our poet is not older than 

 Dandin or Visakhadatta , in the chronology of Indian poets. 



Regarding the merit of his composition, I am of opinion 

 that Rasiapaasana stands inferior to Gathasaptasati and Setu- 

 bandha. The style is not well-polished and flowery, though we 

 find some of his verses beautifully wrought and pregnant with 

 ideas worthy of praise. The following verses may be cited as 

 specimens of his best production. The ideas contained in them 

 are all new and striking. 



^N swiqfaemfT^f tott* ^55T?ir> 5*Wt I 



fipf f inn *c*t \*s s*rct prfir gvrat i! \a ii 



Ci 



y j 



The good and the wicked imitate the two ends of a 

 needle. The one always creates defects (holes) in others, while 

 the other fills them with his own good qualities (thread). 



%«rr fa faR«Pw tot t%g *>rai wi^ft ii ^ a i 

 [ ^r^^Wfcrr: fnxm *rc§rar urfer- from i 



1 Born of the same mother, borne on the 

 &nd combed with care, even the hairs tui 



indifferent) on attaining old age. And what of women ? 



fawns msnnft qfasMni'in «Frrar t w II 



(become 



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